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Windows 7: Should I remake the D: drive?

Two days ago I accidently formatted my D: drive when trying to format a USB drive. I never used the D: drive for my important folders, so I haven't lost anything I use daily. However, I read that the D: drive usually contains the System Restore information and other back-up data. Should I make a partition for the D drive, and if so, how do I set it up to function automatically as before?
Thanks for any advice.

I used it on one of my external HDDs last week.
A few minutes after running a Check Disk, which said there were no issues, Windows suddenly claimed that it had no file system.
Recuva was able to locate almost every file (i.e. only a few were unrecoverable).

Thank you all! I tried Recuva, it's found ~10,000 files from "Recovery (//?/)" which I think is the lost drive. I will make an image anyway to prepare for any future bad luck. Do I make a partition and restore these files, or just restore them?

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